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1. A Beautiful Nightmare by SomethingTerriblyClever

   Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   31 May 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Rape/Non-Con
   • Merry Brandybuck/Original Female Character(s)
   • Merry Brandybuck
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Pippin Took
   • Fredegar Bolger
   • Lotho Sackville-Baggins
   • Frodo Baggins
   • Sam Gamgee
   • Estella Bolger
   • Berilac Brandybuck
   • Gandalf (Tolkien)
   • Saruman (Tolkien)
   • Sauron (Tolkien)
   • Aragorn (Tolkien)
   • Legolas Greenleaf
   • Gildor Inglorion
   • Farmer Maggot (Tolkien)
   • Original Characters
   • Gimli (Tolkien)
   • Boromir (Tolkien)
   • Death
   • Manhandling
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
   • Implied/Referenced Torture
   • Suggestive Themes
   • Explicit Language
   • Medical Procedures
   • Implied/Referenced Abortion
   • Kidnapping
   • Attempted Rape/Non-Con
   • Attempted Kidnapping
   • Attempted Murder
   • Implied Sexual Content
   • Violence
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Romance
   • Fantasy
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Smoking
   • Drinking
   • Tenth Walker

   Summary

   Why she was thrust into Middle-earth, she has no idea. How she became a hobbit, she hasn't the slightest. But what Tabi does know is that she is in Buckland at the very start of the Conspiracy. She must hide her knowledge of the future from the clever Meriadoc Brandybuck, dodge Saruman's men, and survive long enough to get back home...

   Tabi made a pitiful whimper and chugged the last of her brandy. She took a deep breath. “The first one I ever read…was about…” she looked above Merry’s head to the portrait of Bilbo Baggins. Merry followed her eyes, turning to look.

   “What does that portrait have to do with your story?” he asked, in a low voice. He either half guessed or was getting annoyed with her temporizing.

   Like a Band-Aid. “The first story I ever read about hobbits was about Bilbo Baggins: his journey with Thorin Oakenshield and the company of Thirteen Dwarves.”

   Merry stared at her. Her words were true. He was positive. He crossed his arms, then uncrossed them before settling on rubbing his face. He was agitated. Did she know—

   “I know about the Ring, Merry,” she sighed...

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